Comedy Films

Classroom Resources
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-903663-14-1
Verlag: Auteur Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 50 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 292 mm

Reihe: Teacher's Guides and Classroom Resources

Comedy Films: Classroom Resources offers a range of classroom friendly pupil resource sheets containing exercises, essay questions and tasks that offer a framework of study for teachers of Film and Media Studies. Starting by asking 'Can comedy be called a genre?', Brian Dunbar then goes on to address the key concepts of Media Studies offering practical teaching solutions to looking at comedy films from such historical periods and movements as: silent comedy film, classical Hollywood 'screwball comedy,' British comedy films, foreign comedy, and contemporary independent American comedy In addition to covering the core concepts, the author also provides exercises for practical classroom work including designing a comedy film trailer, designing a comedy video sleeve, adapting a comedy film for radio and designing a Web page to promote a comedy film.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunbar, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Medienpädagogik, Mediendidaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Dunbar taught English and Media Studies at Lasswade High School Centre, Midlothian and film courses for the University of Edinburgh's Office of Lifelong Learning. He is the author of Dracula in the York Film Notes series and Goldfinger for Longman's Ultimate Film Guides.